constituent

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

con·stit·u·ent (kən-stĭchʹo͞o-ənt)adj.
1. Serving as part of a whole; component:
a constituent element.
2. Empowered to elect or designate.
3. Authorized to make or amend a constitution:
a constituent assembly.n.
1. A constituent part; a component. See Synonyms at element.
2. A resident of a district or member of a group represented by an elected official.
3. One that authorizes another to act as a representative; a client.
4. Grammar. A functional unit of a grammatical construction, as a verb, noun phrase, or clause. [Latin cōnstituēns, cōnstituent- present participle of cōnstituere, to set up; see constitute. N., from French from Latin cōnstituēns, from present participle of cōnstituere.] con·stitʹu·ent·ly adv.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  constituent(a), constitutional, constitutive(a), organic, component, element, factor, ingredient, grammatical constituent, part, portion, component part